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Human Factors for General Aviation: why aviation accidents happen

Human Factors
for General Aviation

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ISBN:
9780884871385
Other Identifiers:
JS319005
Pages:
306
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Human Factors for General Aviation is a study of why aviation accidents happen through coverage of cockpit design, how your eyes and ears process information, factors that affect decision making, stress and the flight environment, personality factors, and how to use available resources more effectively.

From the Preface:

Over 80% of the accidents in general aviation are caused by pilot error. It is the actions, reactions, and decisions of pilots that cause most accidents, not catastrophic failures of aircraft systems or air traffic control. Students learn to fly by studying the airplane, its systems, weather, and regulations governing flight. Seldom do they study the most critical component of flight, namely the human beings in the cockpit.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Why Accidents Happen
   human factors, accident statistics, model of pilot performance,

Learning to Fly
   Improving your ability, ground school training, flight training, teaching flying

Cockpit Design
   man-machine system, designing machines, displays, controls, sounds and alarms

Eyes & Ears
   eyes, physical issues, psychological issues, ears

The Brain
   major components, thinking, attention, motivation, expectancy

The Body
   breathing, hypoxia, hyperventalation, food and drugs, environmental
   fatigue, stress, exercise

Emotional Stress
   stress, personality, coping with stress

Pilot Judgment
   learning judgment, 2-part model, hazardous attitudes

Cockpit Resource Management
   CRM training, relationships vs tasks, communication, leadership

The Future
   human factors training, technology & training, cockpit design, automation

Glossary
Index